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‘This produces an estimate of about 660,000 passenger miles per annum, 186 per cent of all road passenger miles.’

‘And since they use far less fuel per passenger mile than planes, they will also reduce the nation's dependence on imported oil.’

‘In reality, by 1998, the rate of 10 fatalities per billion passenger miles travelled was only a quarter of the peak attained by British Rail in 1987.’

‘To compare risks for a journey of a fixed distance, we should measure deaths per passenger mile.’

‘Figures from the Commission for Integrated Transport show trains pump out less carbon dioxide - one of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming - per passenger mile than other forms of transport.’

‘Its revenue per passenger mile flown is now about 85% of the industry average, vs. 75% to 80% before the change.’

‘It was and is far safer to fly than to drive, per passenger mile.’

‘There are at least three measures available: passenger journeys, passenger miles and revenue.’

‘The discounters enjoy costs as low as 6 cents per passenger mile, compared with more than 10 cents for Delta.’

‘It is, per passenger mile, probably the least cost-effective transport system in Europe.’

‘For these passengers, quality of experience will be enhanced by knowing their Acela trip, per passenger mile, creates one-eighth the carbon dioxide emissions of flying, and one-quarter those of driving.’

‘It says that owing to empty running and low occupancy rates, taxis produce 70 per cent more carbon dioxide per passenger mile than a private car so their contribution towards a sustainable transport policy was ‘tenuous’.’